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English Grammar - Solved Exercises Page 53 | 54 | 56

January 03, 2025
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Page 53

Fill in the blanks with who, which, that, whose, or whom:

  1. This is the question whose answer has baffled philosophers of all ages.
  2. My brother who is an engineer has gone to Canada.
  3. Time which is lost is never found again.
  4. He is the man whom you can trust.
  5. This is the book that I wrote.
  6. People who are too sharp cut their own fingers.
  7. The cat drank the milk which was in the bowl.
  8. She has a small lamb whose fleece is as white as snow.
  9. Did you receive the money that I had sent you?
  10. This is the juggler whom we saw near the zoo last Sunday.

Pick out the adjectives in the following sentences and classify them:

  1. Honest (quality), peaceful (quality)
  2. No (quantity), either (quantity)
  3. Most (quantity), deserted (quality)
  4. Twenty-second (number), boring (quality)
  5. Either (quantity)
  6. Huge (size), dark (quality)
  7. Which (interrogative)
  8. Two (number), red (quality)
  9. Every (quantity)

Page 54

Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of the adjectives given in brackets:

  1. Red roses are more beautiful than white or black roses.
  2. There is a beautiful park near my house.
  3. He is the most intelligent student in our school.
  4. Rivers are bigger than streams.
  5. That blue jug has less water in it than the red one.
  6. The Pakistanis know how to live even in the worst circumstances.

Name the verbs in the following sentences and tell whether the verb is transitive or intransitive:

  1. Learnt - transitive
  2. Were singing - intransitive
  3. Brush - transitive
  4. Fought - intransitive
  5. Feel - intransitive
  6. Cough - intransitive, disturb - transitive
  7. Cried - intransitive, soothed - transitive
  8. Banged - transitive, stood - intransitive
  9. Kicked - transitive, went - intransitive
  10. Has vowed - transitive, marry - intransitive
  11. Married - transitive
  12. Sleep - intransitive, shall watch - transitive
  13. Rises - intransitive, disappears - intransitive
  14. Fell - intransitive, broke - transitive

Page 55

Pick out the adverbs in the following sentences and classify them:

  1. Quietly (manner)
  2. Very well (degree), easily (manner)
  3. Everywhere (place)
  4. Never (frequency)
  5. Surely (certainty)
  6. Forward (place)
  7. In time (time)
  8. Sweetly (manner)
  9. Fairly (degree)
  10. Tomorrow (time)
  11. Warmly (manner)
  12. Out (place)
  13. Late (time), yesterday (time)
  14. Repeatedly (frequency)
  15. Always (frequency), in the morning (time)

Fill in the blanks with adverbs formed from the adjectives given in brackets:

  1. The ship reached the harbour safely after a stormy voyage.
  2. Faiza wrote her answers very neatly.
  3. Mother looked proudly at her son.
  4. Emperor Akbar ruled wisely for fifty years.
  5. The flames spread so quickly that the shop was soon burnt to ashes.

Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of the adverbs given in brackets:

  1. A cat runs fast, but a dog runs faster.
  2. Zargham played better than Soban.
  3. Of these five poets, which do you like most?
  4. They arrived later than I.
  5. The Pakistani soldiers fought more bravely than the Indian soldiers.
  6. In the Punjab, the Lahorites spend most lavishly.

Add a, an, or the where necessary:

  1. Mrs. Mike is a European. She works as a hostess in some airline.
  2. I read a story about a one-eyed giant.
  3. At last we won the match.
  4. I don’t eat any meat.
  5. Shall I put the meat in the freezer?
  6. Please pass me the sugar.
  7. Do you take any sugar in your coffee?
  8. I enjoy talking to the old people.
  9. Do you know the old people sitting over there?
  10. He is an extremely nice person.
  11. Did you enjoy the party?
  12. Do you think the love is the most important thing in your life?
  13. The books are expensive these days.
  14. Where have you placed the books?
  15. The visitors must not feed the animals.
  16. Of the two boys, Usman is the more intelligent.
  17. The Jews are busy in the genocide of the Muslims of Palestine.
  18. The woman was created for the companionship of man.
  19. The poet tells us in a poem about an innocent girl.
  20. Kashmir is called the Switzerland of Asia.
  21. The iron is used to press clothes.
  22. The old man was sleeping in the shade of a tree.